by Liane Curtis | Feb 29, 2020
March is always busy, and this one is especially so! Feb. 29 (Leap day!) we have a concert by the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony featuring the he West Coast premiere of Ethel Smyth’s Overture to her opera The Boatswain’s Mate. This overture includes...
by Liane Curtis | Mar 30, 2014
The first of three Festival concerts on Saturday, March 29, was performed by students of the Eastman Community Music School. Boys and girls performed works composed by women, and four girls performed really lovely pieces that they had written themselves. The Lowry...
by Liane Curtis | Mar 29, 2014
Sorry to have gotten behind in the blogging! Here is last night’s concert, March 28. I love Jennifer Higdon’s music. BUT I did have some trepidation that a whole concert of her music might be a bit much. My concern was needless. The evening was completely...
by Liane Curtis | Mar 24, 2014
Today was the first day of the Tenth Annual Festival of Women in Music at the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY). The Festival was founded and is organized by pianist and Eastman Faculty member Sylvie Beaudette. Correct me if I’m wrong, but to my knowledge,...